Gems from Grime's 'mixtape' years

[DannyL]

He sounds so hungry on that, so much ambition and no cynicism. Just struck for the first time how much the beat sounds like Roots Manuva.

 

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That's a Coki beat.

 

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There's something really odd and ghostly about that era of dubstep and some of the grime tunes. Think it's partly just how memory works and partly because of how digital everything sounds nowadays. Some of this stuff almost doesn't sound like electronic music. It's also taken on that lost quality for me that people talked about with hardcore, jungle and garage, although with none of the euphoria. It almost doesn't feel real. As though I just imagined it all.

I'm looking at the cover of Skream's first album now. The sweaty house party, the clothes people are wearing. and can't help but think of the famous L. P. Hartley quote: The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Got that goodz cd as well not sure its dated that well though.

More dubstep crossover from the era
(Plastician production)

Zombys first release I think

 

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[Corpsey]

This is as catchphrasey as you can get really. The beat is a banger though. Wiley can just shout Tiger Tiger. I dunno maybe this is shit and I shouldn't have posted it. But I remembered it all of a sudden and had to dredge it up

 

[Benny Bunter]

No way is that shit.

Well, maybe it's a bit shit, but I love it anyway

 

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(Roughly 2005 to 2010ish?)

This is when I belatedly got into grime, when it was definitely past its peak but still there was always 2 or 3 gems on most mixtapes in amongst swathes of filler. So let's remember what they were.

Wiley - If you're going out I'm going out too

Think Grime Wave was an album, not a mixtape. This was probably my fav. off that one though. The way he jumps in with that bar about "spider-man's rooftop".

 

[Benny Bunter]

The lines between album and mixtape were very blurry, especially when it came to wiley. Quality levels all over the shop but flashes of genius

 

[Benny Bunter]

Skepta was definitely in his prime in this era as an mc and producer. Took me a long time to come round to him and I don't care about his post fame stuff, but he was really good back then.

Loved stageshow riddim

 

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[luka]

I likex the riko you posted and fuck radio five but I had gone mental i was lost wandering thestreets yelling ther klyri drunk in sydney insane and sad

 

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[luka]

i first heard grime round my mate house. i thought it sound mentally ill tbh

 

[luka]

they didnt let the track brearthe

 

[luka]

they just done lyric non stop i thought too much

 

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He sounds so hungry on that, so much ambition and no cynicism. Just struck for the first time how much the beat sounds like Roots Manuva.

This is Doogz at his best, imo.

 

[bun-u]

I like Riko also on this HiNRG number

 

[Pandiculate]

Da 2nd Phaze is peak Wiley